The European Economic Association and Econometric Society invite submissions for the joint EEA-ESEM Congress 2026, hosted by University College Dublin. One of the leading global economics conferences, the congress welcomes theoretical and applied research across all fields of

Reception at General Motors Technical Center, 1956

I've been in enough authoritarian countries to recognize what it means when leaders put their face on the halls of justice.

Spoiler: Productivity ✍️ John Burn-Murdoch FT Opinion

Se andas deprimido/a com o que tens ouvido publicamente acerca do “Prestiannigate” em Portugal, compensa ouvindo Kompany e Gary Lineker (a seguir, no fio) 🔝

“Our system of separated powers and checks-and-balances threatens to give way to the continual and permanent accretion of power in the hands of one man. That is no recipe for a republic.” —Justice Neil Gorsuch Truer words have rarely been spoken.

When you come from a developing country with high levels of informal jobs, you know that informality matters in almost all channels. In this Friday's essay, I walk through a forthcoming Econometrica paper by Dix-Carneiro, Goldberg, Meghir, and Ulyssea that builds a trade model

O comentador SIC, Pedro Marques Lopes, no programa 'Eixo do Mal', falou sobre o recente caso dos alegados insultos racistas dirigidos por Prestianni, jogador do Benfica, a Vinicius Júnior. Saiba mais aqui: bit.ly/3MzWpKu #benfica #andreventura #slb #realmadrid #futebol

The death toll in Gaza in the first 15 months of Israel’s attack was 53% higher than official figures according to The Lancet Global Health. So the real figures as of now could be over 110,000 deaths, or 124,000 including indirect deaths, 5.4% of Gaza population. And Israel isn’t stopping.

BREAKING: JD Vance just called the Supreme Court's ruling "lawlessness from the Court." Here is a Civics review for our stupid Vice President: Congress writes the law. The Court interprets it. The President has no say. If that's ‘lawless’ then the Constitution itself must be

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve? If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days? If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built? It's a

After a major natural disaster, business ownership rebounds quickly in manufacturing and services but more slowly in agriculture. However, profits and capital do not rebound, from Richard Lombardo, Elizabeth Frankenberg, and Duncan Thomas nber.org/papers/w34839

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IEEPA tariffs illegal; removed. Important? YES👇🎩 Financial Times

I keep seeing many argue that running a current account deficit is never a problem, under any circumstances. I respectfully disagree. At the very least, one should acknowledge that an open economy faces an intertemporal budget constraint. That constraint implies future surpluses

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21217 Micro and Macro Cost-Price Dynamics in Normal Times and during Inflation Surges Luca Gagliardone Yale University, Mark Gertler New York University, Simone Lenzu Simone Lenzu NYU Stern New York Fed, Joris Tielens Banque nationale de Belgique Nationale Bank van België Economics KU Leuven

Modeling a multi-stage supply chain for electric vehicles from battery production to vehicle distribution, from Keith Head, Thierry Mayer, Marc Melitz, and Chenying Yang nber.org/papers/w34884

Bilateral trade agreements create opportunities beyond signatories. The US-Vietnam trade agreement led to large, persistent increases in formal manufacturing employment in Vietnam through the entry and expansion of multinationals from East Asia. voxdev.org/topic/trade/ho…

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